Emeryville is an Amtrak station in Emeryville, Alameda County, California that replaced the older Amtrak 16th Street Station in Oakland. The original Beaux-Arts Oakland 16th Street Station was declared unsafe due to unreinforced masonry after sustaining damage in the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. Emeryville opened on August 13, 1993, although service continued at Oakland for another year.
The station is served by Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor and San Joaquins and Amtrak's Coast Starlight. It is also the western terminus of Amtrak's California Zephyr; there is no wye at Amtrak's new Oakland station near Jack London Square, so it would be necessary to back a long train along Oakland's Embarcadero to the Union Pacific yards.
Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Emeryville was the fourth busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 1,607 passengers daily.
Video Emeryville station
Platforms and tracks
Maps Emeryville station
Transit connections
Extensive Amtrak Thruway bus connections are available in Emeryville. Route 99 connects all arriving and departing trains with San Francisco. Additional connections are provided by Route 17 to Santa Barbara and Route 34 to Stockton.
Several public transit bus lines serve the station vicinity:
- The free Emery Go-Round Hollis and Hollis South routes stop on Horton Street, across the street from the station.
- AC Transit Routes 29, 36, and 57 stop on Shellmound Street, across the pedestrian bridge located at the station.
References
External links
Media related to Emeryville station at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak - Stations - Emeryville, CA
- Emeryville Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
- Emeryville (EMY)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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